All I want to say is thatThey don’t really care about usAll I want to say is thatThey don’t really care about us

Tell me what has become of my lifeI have a wife and two children who love meI am the victim of police brutality, nowI’m tired of bein’ the victim of hateYou’re rapin’ me of my pride oh, for God’s sakeI look to heaven to fulfill its prophecySet me free

All I want to say is thatThey don’t really care about usAll I want to say is thatThey don’t really care about us

Tell me what has become of my rightsAm I invisible because you ignore me?Your proclamation promised me free liberty, nowI’m tired of bein’ the victim of shameThey’re throwing me in a class with a bad nameI can’t believe this is the land from which I cameYou know I do really hate to say itThe government don’t want to seeBut if Roosevelt was livin’He wouldn’t let this be, no, no